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You wake up feeling great. You’re knocking out your to-do list and having a super productive morning. The afternoon rolls around and all of a sudden it hits you like a ton of bricks. The overwhelming urge to take a nap. If you need an afternoon pick-me-up, try any of these foods to naturally boost your energy and get you through the day. Continue reading →

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For me, the sadness starts in August. As soon as the kids go back to school, I start to feel cold air on my neck. I know winter is just around the corner. Football season starts. The days get shorter. The wind blows colder. I get depressed. I have the winter blues. Continue reading →

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I knew the day would come. The day my daughter would make me second guess my senses. Surely that wasn’t my little angel that just walked past me smelling like a teenager. Not my baby! But it happened. When the weather broke last spring, so did my daughter’s hormones. Continue reading →

During Journey’s last week of summer camp, she was given a nice parting gift—a wicked case of head lice. Gross! Unfortunately, I had just dropped her off to spend two weeks with family as I headed out of town for work. As a result, it took a week before the creepy crawlers were discovered. Continue reading →

All summer I’ll be sharing tips to keep kids safe while they enjoy fun in the sun. This week’s tip is about the deadly danger children face when they have access to or are left behind in parked cars. Continue reading →

When you become a mother, you quickly realize that there are certain icky moments that come with the territory. For babies, it’s spit up on your shirt, poop on your hands, and pee in your face. Then they go off to school and bring back treats like head lice, ringworm and pink eye. And just when you think you’ve seen it all—BOOM! Your kid manages to bring home yet another surprise from the petri dish called the playground. Here’s what happened… Continue reading →

For the last three weeks, I’ve been suffering from an acute case of constipation. Mental constipation, that is. I think the stress of getting settled in a new place, project deadlines, and a never-ending to-do list has caused a major blockage. My creative flow is at an all-time low. While this bout of constipation has been extremely frustrating, it is also a sign that it’s time to take a laxative. So here’s what I’m going to do…

I have so much to do I don’t where to start. My husband left this week to start a new position in another state. So I am temporarily a married single person—again. And as soon as he walked out the door, the pilot on the hot water tank went out, the smoke detector started chirping because the battery needs to be changed and it snowed! It’s like the house knew he had just left! On top of that, I have 3 weeks to pack up our house to move (and everything that goes along with it) to a house that we have yet to find. All while I continue to run my business—oh, and manage my blog. And let’s not forget about this arctic blast that had me stuck in the house with a 7-year-old for 3 days! Continue reading →

Flu season is among us! And with it comes the decision of whether or not to get a flu shot. Most health professionals recommend that you and your children get vaccinated as a preventative measure. But can you really get the flu from a flu shot? Does your baby need to get vaccinated? How do you know if have the flu or just a bad cold? To get answers to these questions and more, I’m separating flu fact from fiction with Dr. Danny Avula, Deputy Director of the Richmond Health District. Continue reading →

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Simone is owner of TRUE, a firm specializing in marketing, media, event management and production. She is also a wife and mother to a precocious little girl named Journey—which is what life has been since she came along!